Objective To evaluate the predictive value of diffusion weighted imaging ( DWI) for progres-sion free survival(PFS)in patients with cervix cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT).Methods Thirty two consecutive patients with pathologically confirmed cervical cancer underwent MRI including DWI before and after NACT.Pathologic results and MR images were reviewed .Univariate analysis was applied by Kaplan -Meier method.The Cox proportional hazard model was used to evaluate prognostic variables for multivariate analysis .Re-ceiver operating characteristic ( ROC) curves were used to find optimal cutoff values of independent prognostic fac -tors for disease progression.Results Of 32 patients,10 had disease progression during follow -up period.In uni-variate analysis,FIGO stage,tumor size,the depth of tumor invasion,lymph node metastasis and ADC changes be-tween before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (ΔADC) were significantly associated with the disease progres-sion.In multivariate analysis , FIGO stage and ΔADC were the independent prognostic factors for PFS .Optimal cutoff values that determined by ROC curves analyses were FIGO stage ⅡandΔADC 0.31.Area under the ROC curve(AUC)of FIGO stage and ΔADC were 0.841(sensitivity 90.0%,specificity 68.2%)and 0.864(sensitivity 80.0%,specificity 81.8%),respectively.Conclusion In patients with cervix cancer after NACT ,FIGO stage andΔADC are significant predictive values for PFS .

Objective The pathogenesis of T2DM has not been elucidated.This study aimed to explore the association of FXR gene polymorphisms with the risk of T2DM in Eastern China population. Methods We collected 467 cases in the Health Examination Center of our hospital from January 2011 to December 2012.Ligase detection reaction was performed to test the genotypes in 240 T2DM patients and 227 controls.Unconditioned logistic regression analysis was used to explore the association of FXR gene polymorphisms with the risk of T2DM in different genetic models, after adjusting for age, sex, smoking and drinking status. Results Compared with AA genotype, GG significantly increased the risk of T2DM (P=0.017), while GA+GG approached marginal significance in association with T2DM (P=0.049) in rs1030454.For rs10860598, GA reduced the incidence of T2DM (P=0.025) compared with AA genotype, while GA+GG had marginal significance with T2DM (P=0.049).For rs11110411, CT or CT+CC could reduce the risk of T2DM compared with TT with P value of 0.016 and 0.024 respectively.Compared with AA, GA or GA+GG in rs17030270 was negative with the risk of T2DM with P value of 0.018 and 0.032 respectively. Conclusion FXR gene polymorphisms are associated with the risk of T2DM in northern Chinese Han population and the variation of FXR gene may play a role in the pathogenesis of T2DM.

Cytokines ; metabolism ; Humans ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear ; immunology ; secretion ; Ubiquitin ; blood

Purpose To observe the effects of the intervention or prevention of astragalus polysaccharide(APS)on type 1 diabetes in non-obese diabetic(NOD) mice. Methods the APS group was compared withthe normal solution(NS)group by the incidence of diabetes, the serum C-peptide levels and GAD-Ab levels,the proportion of CD4 or CD8 T subsets in splencytes, pancreatic histopathology and immunocyto-chemistry.Results It shows that the APS group has lower incidence of diabetes, higher serum C-P levels, decreaseddegree of the lymphocytic inflammation of pancreatic islets, stronger proliferation of CD8 T subsets and lowerratio of CD4/CD8 subgroup in splencytes than those of the NS group. Conclusions It proves thepreventive effects of APS on the onset of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice.

Red-based recombineering has been widely used in Escherichia coli genome modification through electroporating PCR fragments into electrocompetent cells to replace target sequences. Some mutations in the PCR fragments may be brought into the homologous regions near the target. To solve this problem in markeless gene deletion we developed a novel method characterized with two-step recombination and a donor plasmid. First, generated by PCR a linear DNA cassette which comprises a I-Sec I site-containing marker gene and homologous arms was electroporated into cells for marker-substitution deletion of the target sequence. Second, after a donor plasmid carrying the I-Sec I site-containing fusion homologous arm was chemically transformed into the marker-containing cells, the fusion arms and the marker was simultaneously cleaved by I-Sec I endonuclease and the marker-free deletion was stimulated by double-strand break-mediated intermolecular recombination. Eleven nonessential regions in E. coli DH1 genome were sequentially deleted by our method, resulting in a 10.59% reduced genome size. These precise deletions were also verified by PCR sequencing and genome resequencing. Though no change in the growth rate on the minimal medium, we found the genome-reduced strains have some alteration in the acid resistance and for the synthesis of lycopene.
Chromosomes, Bacterial ; genetics ; DNA ; Endonucleases ; metabolism ; Escherichia coli ; genetics ; Genetic Engineering ; methods ; Recombination, Genetic ; Sequence Deletion

Objective To investigate the expression of human leukocyte antigen F (HLA-F) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues and to evaluate its relation to clinicopathological features and prognosis of HCC.Methods HLA-F expression of tumor lesions and their adjacent normal liver tissues from 115 HCC patients were analyzed by immunohistochemistry,and its relationship between HLA-F expression and the clinicopathological features and prognosis of HCC patients was also analyzed.Results HLA-F expression was positive in 47.0％ (54/115) of the HCC lesions and in 10.6％ (7/66) of the normal liver tissues (x2 =24.799,P ＜ 0.05).HLA-F expression in HCC lesions was significantly correlated with portal vein invasions (x2 =7.644,P =0.006),tumor number (x2 =4.210,P =0.040) and patient sex (x2 =6.759,P =0.009).The mean survival time of the HLA-F positive HCC patients was 34.0 months(95％ CI:27.5-40.5 months),which was significantly shorter than that of HLA-F negative HCC patients(44.6 months,95％ CI:38.3-50.9months) (x2 =5.148,P =0.023).HLA-F expression was an independent predictor of overall survival of HCC patients.Conclusions Positive HLA-F expression is negatively correlated with the prognosis of HCC patients.

Objective To illustrate the evaluation effect of bivariate analysis of sensitivity and specificity meta-analysis model in diagnosis test to provide basis for selecting better evaluation method of diagnostic test.Methods Bivariate model was presented by reanalyzing the data from a published meta-analysis of two diagnostic techniques in diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica.Results The bivariate model could directly provide summary estimates of(logit)sensitivity,specificity and DOR with corresponding 95% CI for two diagnostic tests(IHA and ELISA).Also,it could elicit any significant difference that existed among sensitivity,specificity and DOR between the two diagnostic methods,and incorporate any correlation that existed between sensitivity;specificity.Conclusion The bivariate model preserves the two dimensional nature of the original data,and separates effects of sensitivity and specificity,which is more rational than a net effect on diagnostic odds ratio scale as in SROC approach.The bivariate model is appropriate and agile,and can be used as an extension and improvement of the traditional SROC method.

Objective To explore the clinical features and surgical management of aged patients with acute cholecystitis,and try to command the opportunity and procedure of laparoseopic cholecystectomy(LC)better.Meth- ods Clinical data of 52 aged cases with acute cholecystits undergone LC were analyzed retrospectively.Results All of the patients(within 48h of the acute attack)were successfully recovered without serious operative complications. Conclusion Aged acute cholecystitis progressed rapidly and its operative difficulty and risk were higher;only if more attention was paid to perioperative managements and operative time and technical skill were mastered,early LC for the patients was safe and feasible.Therefore.it should be recommended in the great majority of cases except the des- perate patients whose general condition was too poor to operate.

Objective To explore the effect of ILK on myocardium contraction following hemorrhagic shock .Methods With iso-lated cardiac papillary muscle and isolated heart ,the contraction of papillary muscle and hemodynamic parameters (left intraventricu-lar systolic pressure(LVSP) ,the maximal change rate of left intraventricular pressure were measured .Results Compared with nor-mal control hearts ,ILK activity ,contractile response of cardiac papillary muscle and hemodynamic parameter were decreased signifi-cantly gradually in shock heart at the 1 ,2 h(P<0 .05) ,and the change of ILK activity was positive correlative with contractile re-sponse and hemodynamic parametert .With ILK agonist [phosphatidylinositol(3 ,4 ,5)trisphosphate ,PLTP] the dysfunction of con-tractile response and hemodynamic parameter could be improved significantly (P<0 .05) ,while these improvement could be abol-ished by ILK specific inhibitor(P<0 .05) .Conclusion ILK play important role in the regulation of cardiac contractility following hemorrhagic shock .

Objective To assessed the ability of FK506 and antilymphocyte serum(ALS) to induce mixed chimerism and tolerance for knee composite tissue allograft in rabbits without chronic immunosuppression. Methods Male Flap-eared rabbits were used as donors,and female New Zealand white rabbits were used as recipients. Vascularized heterotopic knee allotransplantation was performed. Treatment consisted of ALS(1 ml/kg) only,FK506(0.5 mg/kg) only and a combination of FK506 and ALS which were administered 24h before transplantation. ALS was administered intraperitoneally every day in the first three days. FK506 was administered gastric intubation every day for fifteen days. Survival times of knee allografts were observed. Donor specific hematopoietic chimerism and histology sections were tested. Results Survial time of knee allografts with ALS single was(17.4?1.8)d,and(23.8?1.5)d with FK506 single,(40.4?2.9)d with FK506 and ALS,contrasting with(13.6?0.8)d of control. Chimerism rate show a stabilization of 3 weeks above 10% after protocol discontinue in groups with FK506 and ALS. Conclusions Short-term administration of FK506 and ALS in this ways prolong survival time of vascularized knee allograft in rabbits and could maintain mixed chimerism and tolerance for 3 weeks.